Getting Started - Autodesk Roadway Design for Infraworks 360 Essentials - page 2

Engineering Geometry
The roads you create with basic InfraWorks do
not employ geometry that is consistent with
civil engineering practices. These roads are
considered to be “sketched” objects with no
engineering design principles applied. With
Roadway Design for InfraWorks 360, you will
be creating roads that are defined by horizontal
curves, spirals, vertical curves, and other
characteristics unique to engineered roads. You
will have access to many tools that allow you to
view and edit these engineering-based
geometric properties. These include specialized
grips, additional asset cards, additional panels,
and others. In Figure 1-1 , you see the PI, PC,
and PT gizmos (if you don't know what these
abbreviations mean, refer to the “P-What?”
sidebar), which indicate the geometry of an
engineered horizontal curve, along with a Road
asset card showing design speed, design
standards, and other information. This is much
more sophisticated than the sketched roads
created by the basic InfraWorks tools.